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THE TUFTS Where You Read It First VOLUME L, NUMBER 43 DAILY WEDNESDAY,NOVEMBER 9, 2005 Somerville Board of It’s Gewirtz in an upset Aldermen Results BY JUDY WEXLER ment and we need someone to stand Daily Editorial Board up to the developers.” Ward 6 Connolly’s last opposed election was Political newcomer Rebekah Gewirtz in 1997, and he is largely credited with Rebekah Gewirtz — 1,111 knocked off 22-year incumbent Jack developing the Davis Square area. *Jack Connolly — 955 Connolly for the Ward 6 Board of “He worked hard to bring Davis Aldermen seat Tuesday evening. Square and Ward 6 to what it is today,” Gewirtz — the vice-chair of the Ward former Somerville Mayor Gene Brune, 6 Democratic City Committee and the who served from 1980-1989, said as he Aldermen At-Large co-founder and former chair of the picketed for Connolly during Tuesday’s Progressive Democrats of Somerville — voting. *Denise Provost — 5,776 defeated Connolly 1,111 votes to 955. “I did a lot of good things,” Brune *William White Jr. — 5,332 Ward 6 touches the southeastern said. “But Jack has done a lot of great *Dennis Michael Sullivan — 5,220 part of the Tufts campus and includes things.” *Bruce Diamond — 5,069 Davis Square. All results are unofficial Former Board of Aldermen member Marty Martinez — 4,769 and will be finalized after a ten day cer- Grace Abruzzio agreed. “Jack was very Kimberly Foster Hirsch — 4,358 tification process. decent, very honest, hardworking, and Stephen Glines Jr. — 2,270 “I think it’s time for a change,” knew all the issues,” she said. “He’s an Somerville resident Rand Wilson said outstanding family man.” (bold indicates winners, asterisk for MIKE CONROY/TUFTS DAILY of why he voted for Gewirtz. “She Gewirtz also had longtime supporters, incumbents) Mark Zupan showed a lot of passion and I think the biggest issue that we have is develop- see CITY, page 2 Zupan chooses to play, not fold For LaPolice, time commitment not a problem BY ASSAF PINES BY KRISTEN SAWICKI Daily Staff Writer Daily Editorial Board Freshman TCU Senate Election Results Mixing in some bathroom humor and Freshman Matt LaPolice has been 25% jokes about disabled people, Mark Zupan elected to fill the open Tufts — one of the key players in the documen- Community Union Senate seat. 20% tary “Murderball” — discussed the life of LaPolice got 22 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election to replace a quadriplegic rugby player Tuesday. 15% Zupan, one of the top quad rugby play- Andrew Lee, who resigned Oct. 24. ers in the country, spoke in Cohen After his election, LaPolice said he Auditorium in a program sponsored by was excited to have won. “I’m really 10% Lecture Series. happy,” he said. “It’s really good to A quadriplegic at the C6-C7 vertebrae, know that my classmates support me 5% Zupan broke his neck on Oct. 14, 1993. and believe that I can represent them.” While Zupan slept off a night of drinking He defeated six other candidates: 0% in the bed of his friend’s pickup truck, the Kris Coombs, Constantin Sabet d’Acre, drunk friend crashed the truck, flinging Daniel Hartman, Greg Meiselbach, Zupan into a canal and nearly taking his Matt Shapanka and Elton Sykes. The turnout was high, Tufts Community Kris Coombs Elton Sykes life. Matt LaPolice Matt Shapanka Dan Hartman Zupan did not sever his spine in the Union President Jeff Katzin said. Greg Meiselbach Thirty-eight percent — 534 out of 1,396 accident and maintained a level of Constantin Sabet D'Acre mobility equivalent to that of a para- eligible students — voted. plegic. “We’re happy to have him on board, One of the first things Zupan said to and look forward to bringing him up to spoken to have repeatedly raised. He 18 percent. Unlike LaPolice, both the audience was that he was “not here to speed, which should be easy to do,” plans to work with the current senators Coombs and Sabet d’Acre — and preach.” He wanted to outline the events Katzin said. who are already pursuing the project. Meiselbach and Shapanka — ran and in his life, tell some jokes, and let people LaPolice said he is looking into LaPolice won the election by a small lost in the fall general election. lengthening dining hall hours, which margin. Coombs, the runner-up, got 20 see ZUPAN, page 4 he said is the one issue students he has percent of the vote and Sabet d’Acre got see SENATE, page 2 One for ‘The Truth,’ please After chaos, comedy show is on BY JON SCHUBIN received word that Gaffigan Daily Editorial Board could not make the resched- uled date because his wife was Entertainment Board Co- scheduled to give birth on Nov. Chair Jennifer Tam received 20. The group started investi- some terrible news last week. gating the possibility of host- One of the headlining acts in ing the show with another act. the Fall Comedy Show, Jim Tuesday morning the group Gaffigan, was going to be heard that Gaffigan could shooting a commercial in make the original date after all. Toronto and was not sure he Gaffigan is a comedy veteran could make it back in time for who has appeared in the the show. movies “Super Troopers” and The group suspended all “Igby Goes Down” along with advertising and started looking the failed sitcom “Welcome to into alternative dates with New York” and frequent Gaffigan’s management. standup work. He appeared With no definite answer, the this year in an advertising cam- group decided Monday to paign for Sierra Mist. press ahead with plans for a Entertainment Board and rescheduled show on Saturday, the Office of Student Activities Nov. 19. Then Entertainment Board see COMEDY, page 2 INSIDE INDEX Top story: The sky is falling! News | Features 1 see ARTS, page 5 Arts | Living 5 Editorial | Letters 8 Viewpoints 9 National 11 International 15 JAMES HARRIS/TUFTS DAILY Comics 20 Sophomore Sam DuPont gets his ticket at the Cohen Auditorium Box Office for next Tuesday’s speech by Classifieds 21 comedian and political commentator Al Franken. Sports Back page tuftsdaily.com 2 THE TUFTS DAILY NEWS | FEATURES Wednesday, November 9, 2005 Chang gives Entertainment Board the opportunity to have two headliners COMEDY Central’s “Premium Blend” and “Law continued from page 1 and Order: Special Victims Unit.” are investigating the possibility of pay- The lineup is rounded out by ing only a portion of Gaffigan’s fee Matthew McArthur and Jason Margaca, because of the confusion. Discussions two local students who were brought to with his agency are ongoing. the attention of the Entertainment The Entertainment Board now has a Board through a friend of a group mem- daunting task ahead of them: sell more ber. than 600 tickets for Cohen Auditorium “We got to watch a video of their per- in less than 36 hours. formance and we liked them,” Tam said, “We’d like to sell out,” Tam said. “I “so we asked them to perform at our don’t know if that’s possible considering show.” we only have two days.” The fall comedy show usually only The Entertainment Board held an has one headliner, but the additional emergency meeting Tuesday evening to funding from the Asian Community at discuss advertising for the event. The Tufts meant there are now two. group will be selling tickets at the cam- The spring comedy show has a larger pus center during the open block today, budget, and usually features a more and will also be tabling in the dining well-known comedian. halls. Previous fall comedy shows has fea- The show’s other headliner, Asian- tured Dave Attell and Jay Mohr. The late American comedian Eliot Chang, is Mitch Hedberg performed at the last being co-sponsored by the Asian comedy show, which was in March. He Community at Tufts as part of Asian- died suddenly less than three weeks American Month. The group will be later. assisting the Entertainment Board in Tickets cost $7 and will be sold today advertising for the event. and Thursday at the Aidekman Arts PUBLICITY PHOTOS Chang has appeared on Comedy Center box office. Eliot Chang, left, and Jim Gaffigan will be preforming at the comedy show on Thursday evening in Cohen Auditorium. Losers to continue walk-on service in Senate Local mayors both reelected SENATE Houston Hall, an all-freshmen ue to serve on the committee CITY the Tufts campus — was continued from page 1 dorm, and could more easily and attend Senate meetings. He continued from page 1 unopposed. Robert Trane held “It is important that the elec- encourage freshmen to vote. also said he plans to run again. though she has lived in Ward 6 onto his seat. tion was close,” Katzin said. He “I’m personally disappointed,” “I’m disappointed, but I’ll be for only four years. “I’ve The four alderman-at-large said the significant amount of Sabet d’Acre said. back,” he said. “I will run again known Rebekah for a long seats were also up for grabs. support received by the losing Sabet d’Acre currently serves if a seat opens up, and in April if time,” resident Christine All four incumbents — Bruce candidates should encourage on the Senate’s Culture, a seat doesn’t open up.” Barbar said. “She has great Desmond, Denise Provost, them to participate in the Ethnicity and Community LaPolice said he considered integrity, a thoughtful stance Dennis Sullivan and William Senate by serving on a commit- Affairs committee.